Clarion 1939-06-07 Vol 18 No 15

Florence Dunning
Wilber Sorley
The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XVIII No. 15 BETHEL INSTITUTE June 7, 1939
Class Day Program
Features Awards
With the close of another school year,
preparations are again well advanced for
the annual class day program. The cap
and gown exercises will be held in the
chapel of the Junior College building
during the morning of Thursday, June 9.
Miss Ruth Fredine will play the piano
prelude and processional as the gradu-ates
march in. Devotions will be in
charge of Miss Helen Bergfalk who is
graduating from the one-year Christian
Workers' Course. As honor student in
the college, Miss Florence Dunning will
represent the graduates of that depart-ment
with an address, and Mr. Wilbur
Sorley will represent the Seminary grad-uates
of that department with an address,
Awards to graduates and other stu-dents
will be presented by the advisor or
president of each organization. Coach
William Adam will present athletic
awards; Miss Platts, forensics; Dean
Emery Johnson, Clarion; and music
awards by Ned Holmgren, president of
the Male Chorus.
Musical numbers will be rendered by
the A Capella Choir and the Bethel Male
quartet. Noon lunch will be served in
the' chapel at the close of the service.
Baccalaureate Services
Attended by Many
Sunday evening, June 4, 1939, the Bac-calaureate
services for the graduating
sophomores of the Bethel Junior College
were held at the Bethel Baptist Church
of Minneapolis. Rev. Linus Johnson of
Duluth, Minnesota, was the speaker.
President G. Arvid Hagstrom presided
over the service. The musical part of
the program was given by several selec-tions
from the choir of Bethel Church
and the Girls' Trio, which is composed
of Ruth K. Olson, Doris Moberg, and
Dorothy Beckman.
Gay, Times to Be Had
All-School picnic, Wednesday, June 7,
at Taylors Falls promises to be a gala
affair. We leave the school at 9 A. M.
for a day of relaxation and fun in "Nat-ure's
Rendezvous." (Fifty miles of
scenic beauty enroute.)
Kittenball, relay races, and a sightsee-ing
tour are some of the scheduled ac-tivities.
The Ship Docks
The ship bearing the largest, most
comprehensive copy of the "Spire" ever
published during the history of Bethel,
will arrive in port on Class Day, June
9th.
The third sailing of the ship "Spire"
will bring an edition double in size of
last year's model and twice as attractive
of any preceding publication. It will con-tain
a complete representation of school
and feature an abundance of pictures,
including the classes, faculty, athletes,
musicians, orators, socialites and social
and religious functions.
It is requested that the students who
have friends with their names on the
"Friends of Bethel," deliver the copies
personally to these people.
COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY
COLLEGE 24; SEMINARY 9
For thirty-three Bethelites, June 9,
1939, will be a "red letter" day!
The speaker of the evening will be Dr.
S. P. Fogdall of Clarks Grove, Minnesota,
who will present "Trinkets or a Sword?"
In addition, the Bethel male chorus and
the male quartet will furnish the musical
features of the program.
College Grads
Of the thirty-three diplomas to be pre-sented,
twenty-four will go to graduates
of the Junior College. Florence Dunning
is the honor student
for that group. The
others are Ethel
Ahlquist, Gerald
Ahlquist, Marie
Dahlberg, Henrietta
De Camp, Dorothy
Drotz, Margery Eric-son,
Ruth Fredine,
William Hagstrom,
Truman Halvorsen,
Hilton Hanson, Ned
Holmgren, Rawlin
Joihnson, Delber t
Kuehl, Mildred Lovegren, Paul Lund-gren,
Doris Moberg, Ruth Olson, Stanley
Paulson, Vernon Pearson, Olga Shenning,
Earl Sherman, Arthur Slaikeu, and G.
Archer Weniger. Special mention is made
or Olga Shenning, who is the first in the
history of the school to receive diplomas
for the two-year courses of both the col-lege
and the Christian Workers' depart-ment.
Seminary Grads
Of the Seminary graduates, Wilbur
Sorley has been de-clared
the honor
student. Others re-ceiving
their bache-lor
of theology de-grees
are Gordon
Anderson, Clifford
Dicknu, J. Egon
Hadley, Edward Nel-son,
Henry Rahn,
Frank B. Rehnstrom
(in absentia), and
Maurice Wessman.
A bachelor of divini-ty
degree will go to Ralph Johnson.
GRADUATION CLIMAXES
ACTIVE SCHOOL YEAR
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The Bethel Clarion
BETHEL INSTITUTE
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Official School Paper of Bethel Institute Published twice
monthly during school year
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gordon Peterson
Virgil Olson
Carl Young
John Valine
Viola Waihela
Vernon Pearson
BUSINESS STAFF
Alrik Blomquist Business Manager
Dorothy Drotz Asst. Business Manager
Stanley Rendahl Circulation Manager
Doris Eggleston Asst. Circulation Manager
Grace Widen—Elaine Youngquist Typists
ADVISERS
Miss Enid Platts Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
STUDENT OPINION
Your most humble roving reporter set
out to obtain some worthwhile opinions
from these specimens of humanity called
seniors. One of the first ones to be in-terviewed
was none other then that pro-digious
man of business and finance, our
Student council prexy, Archer Weniger.
Archie looked up from his English book
and said, "First of all, (pointing to his
. book) craming is still the successful pol-icy.
Secondly, start the 'Spire' early in
the year. Lastly, insist on a more defi-nite
chapel program for the year."
Having received three points of inter-est
I turned the General Sherman and
asked for a word of advice. And so with
a senioric look on his face and with chest
expanded he said, "Well, I'd say, don't
read too widely, specialize more, read
what you are supposed to read."
Seminary students take notice! Pastor
Dickau hoists up this warning, "Get
started with your thesis in September! !"
On the other hand, a sociable senior,
namely D. Drotz, proclaims this word of
advice with a "Gussie" of feeling, "Never
let studies interfere with the greater is-sues
of life."
"Ride a bicycle, it is hard on the pride
but it is easy on the pocketbook." "Tail"
Sorley, the economist.
Prof. C. E. take notice! Bill Hagstrom
dug deep and tells us that he pulled this
out of American History. "Avoid all en-tangling
alliances."
Duff Wessman tells the readers after
years of observation, "Don't spend too
much time walking around the campus
with the girl-friend."
Oh yes, I cannot omit the famous last
words of the fellow who grew up in Mill-town,
Art Slaikeu. "Experience is edu-cation."
High Towers
"Bethel isn't real!" was the answer given by a graduate, on being asked her
opinion of Bethel at a distance. Her reply was a candid and profoundly descrip-tive
one. Bethel isn't real, and by that we mean that it does not identify itself
with life as it is commonly known, nor does it wrestle with the dark angels that
Challenge our present age. Anyone who protests that it does has neither entered
nor sensed the true spirit of our school.
Bethel is a high tower. For the ancient, a tower was a place of refuge whose
stone bulwarks and moats kept out invaders. Behind the bulwarks of Bethel, stu-dents
have found in a certain sense—protection. But that protection was but tem-porary
and purposeful beyond the salvation of the skin, for within Bethel's tower
they have been given the opportunity of discovering, establishing, and strengthen-ing
their own high towers.
Many sumptuous banquets of blarney are being prepared and served by com-mencement
speakers at this particular bend in the road, but the wise graduate who
has found his tower and feels confident of its strength may smile in the knowledge
of his priceless resort and murmur a paeon of praise to Bethel.
cAn .Advertising .Adage
"By your 'students' ye shall know 'the school'." A liberty is taken to apply an
old adage to a present situation, for it is pertinent for each Bethel student to re-member
this fact. In the next few days the Bethel family will be spread through-out
the land and will be meeting many people from all walks of life. Their im-pression
of Bethel will be largely formulated through the opinions given to them by
each student. If then the school is to grow in number, equipment and support, it
behooves each student to represent our school in a worth while manner through the
words that you say and the deeds that you do. Advertise the school as a loyal
Bethelite, so that it may continue to be a growing school worthy of everyone's sup-port.
I PRESS ON
"Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press
on, Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold;• but one thing I
do, I press on . . ." Phil. 3:12-14.
In an alert and active Christian life, such as Paul's, achievement is always
outdistanced by vision. No matter to what distance achievement may go, the
vision of weaknesses, needs and opportunities is far ahead. This relationship
tends toward greater humility, greater effort, and as a result, yet greater
achievement.
In the small-scale Christian life, on the contrary, the individual's achieve-ments
loom large and significant, while the vision remains short and narrow.
It is here that ignorance of weaknesses, needs and opportunities leads to the
illusion that ignorance is not only bliss but also Godliness. The result is an
incr'basing emphasis on the first-person pronouns, increasing self-satisfaction,
and a harvest Which is "nothing but' leaves."
It is the privilege of every Christian to live his life on a large and increas-ing
scale of the Pauline type. And vast areas, not only in terms of geography
but also in terms of human experience and thought, remain to be Christian-ized
by energetic Christians who are willing to admit that they have not "al-ready
obtained" and who arc willing to "press on."
—C. Emmanuel Carlson.
Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
News Editor
Feature Editor
Sports Editor
THE BETHEL CLARION
Page 3
Reggy Sez . . .
deer susie howbeya huh quesohun mark
i are all washed out frum studiin on ac-count
uv becuz ixams is cum ,und gone
period lots uv the chilluns herabouts got
canoo struck memorial -dad nite und
seemed ta injoy ut umensily didencha
carol und everett fer exumple period und
wat cuple were almost got left behind
cuz they went a-strollin wen everibodi
else was ulmost went home period won
uv our johnson gulls sed ta prof carlson
she sed comma c E yew iz cruel comma
'n mi o mi her face wasnt onli pink
period dean Johnson gave tha gradu-achun
class a rite fine time ut turtle
lake not so long igo und ethel allquist
added ta tha fun uv ut all wen she upped
and failed inta the water und got all
wet period sofistukated sofs comma i
wunder period grant sammy haz learned
frum a sad experiunce thut ta bee a
ladi's hair fixer requires sum diplomacee
comma does tha sock she gave ya still
hurt grant quesohun mark g'bi reggy.
(Ye ed's note: We've had just as
tough a time making all this out during
the year as you have had, so plez don
blaim us fur all tha stuf whats bin hear!
We now would like to expose this wicked
weaver of whittled words, this witty
whimsical woman of wandering wares,
Miss Viola Waihela. Our thanks to you,
Walla-Walla.)
Darry Produce
In a recent discussion about whiskers
someone remarked, (in Snuffy's pres-ence),
that Warren had no beard. Snur-fy
came to the aid of the gentleman in
question with an indignant, "He has
too!"
* * * *
After hearing so much about the "$30
every Thursday" plan, a brilliant college
student proposed the plan of "$50 every
Tuesday," on the basis that it was two
days earlier, and $20 more.
* * * *
Miss Nelson says that Delbert Kuehl
would be a very nice boy, if he didn't
talk.
* * * *
Don't be like the lightening bug which
the chapel speaker mentioned last
Wednesday.
The lightening bug is brilliant,
But he hasn't any mind.
He struggles through existance,
With his headlight on behind.
(Continued on page 4)
O. J. & H. W. ANDERSON
JEWELERS
OPTOMETRISTS
1573 University Ave.
Midway 9910
COMING EVENTS
June 7. All-school picnic.
June 8. Spire makes appearance.
June 9. Commencement.
June 10. Suitcase packing.
Who's Who?
Plans have been made for next year in
regard to the extra curricular activities
and officers have been elected to serve
in their respective capacities. The lead-ers
for the groups on the campus are as
follows:
Student Council
Roger Goodman, president; Maurice
Lawson, vice president; Gladys Peterson,
secretary and treasurer. The represent-atives
from the various groups are Alex-is,
Carl Lindman; Athletics, Gordon Pe-terson;
Clarion, Alrik Blomquist; College
Club, Ethel Tederman; Forensics, Joyce
Johnson; Music, Ruth Olson; Religious
Council, Herschel Rogers; Seminary,
Bruce Fleming, and Spire, Karl Karlson.
Seminary Seniors
Carl Lindman, president; Herman.
Tegenfeldt, vice president and Henrietta
Carlson, secretary-treasurer.
Seminary Middlemen
Carl Holmberg, president; Jack Berge-son,
vice-president; Gladys Peterson, sec-retary
and Alrik Blomquist, treasurer.
Religious Council
Herschel Rogers, president; William
Hagstrom, vice president; Pearl Peter-son,
secretary; Paul Lundgren, treasurer.
College Club
Donald Ganstrom, president; Milton
Holmberg, vice-:president; Olga Ander-son,
secretary; Eunice Elmgren, treas-urer.
Male Chorus
Virgil Olson, president; Maurice Law-son,
vice-president;, Wyman Hanson, sec-retary;
Carl Young, treasurer; Earl
Sherman, financial secretary; Sidney
Carlson, librarian.
A Cappella Choir
Folke Ferre, president; Roger Good-man,
vice-president; Ethel Tederman,
secretary; Alrik Blomquist, treasurer.
"B" Club
Virgil Olson, president; Jack Borgeson,
vice-president; Francis McOlash, secre-tary-
treasurer.
Boarding Club
Bruce Fleming, Maurice Lawson, Ethel
Tederman, Verna Norquist and Warren
Johnson are on the board but the officers
have not been elected.
Who's Where?
Gerald Ahlquist: Bible school in First
St. Paul; Bernice Anderson: teach Bible
school; Ellen Antonson: indefinite;
Dorothy Asplund: nursing in Belling-ham;
Jack Bergeson: pastor at Jesse
Lake, Minn.; Alrick Blomquist: mission-ary
work in Northern Minnesota in house
trailer; Ambrose Collins: ministry and
carpenter work; Henrietta De Camp:
teach Bible schools in Wisconsin; Doris
Eggleston: teach Bible school and stay
home; Ruth Erickson: Bible school at
Sunrise, Queen, and Lengby; Evangeline
Flaming: home; Vivan Fons: indefi-nite;
Bert Friberg: pastor at Mapleton,
Minn.
J. Egon Hadley: pastor at Hayden
Heights Baptist Church; William Hag-strom:
with house trailer and Alrik
Blomquist; Truman Halvorsen: trip out
west, church at Hillman; Milton Holm-berg:
home on father's farm; Alvera
Johnson: indefinite; Carol Jdhnson: in-definite;
Orville Johnson: assistant pas-tor
at Temple Baptist church, Duluth;
Warren Johnson: indefinite; Thor Koni-medahl:
indefinite; Delbert Kuehl: in-definite;
Marjorie Lager: indefinite;
Sydney Larson: pastor of Lakeside Bap-tist
church, Wentworth, Wis.
Francis McOlash: running an excur-sion
boat, taking charge of retail fish
market; Dury Miller: pastor at Wood
River and Falum churches in Wisconsin;
Ruth Nelson: office work at Balsam
Lake, Wis.; Verna, Nordquist: office or
clerking at LaGrande, Oregon; Ruth K.
Olson: teaching Bible school; Vernon
Pearson: church, Hillsdale, Wis; J. Gor-don
Peterson: D. V. B. S., and Boys'
camp work; J. Stanley Rendahl: pastor
at Prentice, Wis.
Herschel Rogers: "I plan to work in
the cherries at Lewiston, Idaho, and in
the apricots and peaches near San Fran-cisco,
Calif"; Ethel Ruff: to Stockholm,
Sask., to organize and care for church;
Grant ISamuelson: work in Warren Na-tional
Bank, Warren, Pa.; Annabelle
Sherman: teach Bible school; Earl Sher-man:
work in Rousseau-Sprague field;
Arthur Slaikeu: D. V. B. S.; Herman
Tegenfeldt: pastor at Spring Vale,
Minn.; John A. Valine: travel for school;
Robert Peterson: work in Midtown Cof-fee
Shop; Elaine Youngquist: work in
office at Ludington, Mich.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Last Two Games
Bring Defeat
Waldorf Wins
Climaxing the day's activities with 10
runs in the ninth inning, Waldorf, con-ference
champions, handed Bethel their
fourth conference defeat in a row on Fri-day,
May 26. Starting with two runs in
the first inning, the Forest City team hit
and scored in every inning except the
fourth and sixth. All but two Waldorf
men hit safely and every man scored at
least one run. Carl Holmberg, Bethel
first sacker, led in hitting with three
hits in as many trips to the plate.
Bethany Beats
Playing on a muddy, rain-soaked field,
Bethany defeated Bethel in the season's
final home game on Saturday, May 27.
One big inning for the Bethany nine
blasted Bethel's hope of victory. On the
fifth inning, eight hits, four walks, and
one hit batsman combined to score 12
runs for the victors. Mauseth pitched a
nice game for Bethany only allowing five
hits, striking out six, and only allowing
two walks.
Cancelation
Due to a sudden downpour, the sea-son's
final baseball game with Concordia
College had to be canceled. Being so
near to the end of the school year the
game will not be played at a later date.
From the Coach
This year in athletics has been an en-joyable
one, the spirit and cooperation
amongst the boys and the girls has been
wonderful. In basket ball we had a very
successful season, the best in the history
of the college, finishing second in the
conference standing. The loss of Cap-tain
Carl Young and Wilber Sorley will
be keenly felt, but with the return of
Captain-elect Applequist, Peterson, John-son,
Hovinen, Paulson, we see nothing
but the championship in store for us next
year.
In baseball things did not go so well.
Lack of interest on the part of some on
the team and the caliber of the other
teams in the league being much improved
played a major role in the poor showing
of our team.
Being that tennis displayed such inter-est
and ability this year, we will try and
arrange a practice schedule of games for
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Come Again Some Other Day
Even a rain storm was not enough to
interfere with the fun which members of
the Christian Workers Course had at
their picnic on May 25. Because of the
rain, they met in the coffee shop at about
5 p. m. They played several indoor
games.
About 7 p. m.' some of the students
went to the fireplace in Como Park and
roasted marshmallows and sang songs.
Professor and Mrs. Wingblade attended
the picnic in the coffee shop and Profes-sor
and Mrs. Norstrom accompanied the
students who went to Como Park.
Darry Produce
(Continued from page 2)
We must be affected by the spring
weather because poetry seems to be our
specialty for today, or maybe its because
of our literature course.
When we come to the end of our Senior
year
And gaze enrapt at our marks,
Then we dream of the school days now
gone by
Of lessons, and happy larks.
But oh, when our eyes grow dim with
tears,
And nothing appears of use,
We'll turn to our yellowed Clarions
And read old "Darry Produce."
Auf Wiedersehen.
the next year. Next year the girls' bas-ketball
team will enter a regular league
with the hopes of once again entertain-ing
a championship team.
This year at Bethel has been an enjoy-able
one and we thus wish to thank each
one for the cooperation in the athletic
program. This summer eve hope to rep-resent
the school throughout the Mid-west
states, looking forward to a bigger
and better school next year.
—Coach William Adam.
Bethel Baptist Church
24th St. and 28th Ave. S.
Rev. W.AILFRED HOLMBERG
Minneapolis, Minn.
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Rev. ERIC ANDERSON
St. Paul Minnesota
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Florence Dunning
Wilber Sorley
The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XVIII No. 15 BETHEL INSTITUTE June 7, 1939
Class Day Program
Features Awards
With the close of another school year,
preparations are again well advanced for
the annual class day program. The cap
and gown exercises will be held in the
chapel of the Junior College building
during the morning of Thursday, June 9.
Miss Ruth Fredine will play the piano
prelude and processional as the gradu-ates
march in. Devotions will be in
charge of Miss Helen Bergfalk who is
graduating from the one-year Christian
Workers' Course. As honor student in
the college, Miss Florence Dunning will
represent the graduates of that depart-ment
with an address, and Mr. Wilbur
Sorley will represent the Seminary grad-uates
of that department with an address,
Awards to graduates and other stu-dents
will be presented by the advisor or
president of each organization. Coach
William Adam will present athletic
awards; Miss Platts, forensics; Dean
Emery Johnson, Clarion; and music
awards by Ned Holmgren, president of
the Male Chorus.
Musical numbers will be rendered by
the A Capella Choir and the Bethel Male
quartet. Noon lunch will be served in
the' chapel at the close of the service.
Baccalaureate Services
Attended by Many
Sunday evening, June 4, 1939, the Bac-calaureate
services for the graduating
sophomores of the Bethel Junior College
were held at the Bethel Baptist Church
of Minneapolis. Rev. Linus Johnson of
Duluth, Minnesota, was the speaker.
President G. Arvid Hagstrom presided
over the service. The musical part of
the program was given by several selec-tions
from the choir of Bethel Church
and the Girls' Trio, which is composed
of Ruth K. Olson, Doris Moberg, and
Dorothy Beckman.
Gay, Times to Be Had
All-School picnic, Wednesday, June 7,
at Taylors Falls promises to be a gala
affair. We leave the school at 9 A. M.
for a day of relaxation and fun in "Nat-ure's
Rendezvous." (Fifty miles of
scenic beauty enroute.)
Kittenball, relay races, and a sightsee-ing
tour are some of the scheduled ac-tivities.
The Ship Docks
The ship bearing the largest, most
comprehensive copy of the "Spire" ever
published during the history of Bethel,
will arrive in port on Class Day, June
9th.
The third sailing of the ship "Spire"
will bring an edition double in size of
last year's model and twice as attractive
of any preceding publication. It will con-tain
a complete representation of school
and feature an abundance of pictures,
including the classes, faculty, athletes,
musicians, orators, socialites and social
and religious functions.
It is requested that the students who
have friends with their names on the
"Friends of Bethel," deliver the copies
personally to these people.
COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY
COLLEGE 24; SEMINARY 9
For thirty-three Bethelites, June 9,
1939, will be a "red letter" day!
The speaker of the evening will be Dr.
S. P. Fogdall of Clarks Grove, Minnesota,
who will present "Trinkets or a Sword?"
In addition, the Bethel male chorus and
the male quartet will furnish the musical
features of the program.
College Grads
Of the thirty-three diplomas to be pre-sented,
twenty-four will go to graduates
of the Junior College. Florence Dunning
is the honor student
for that group. The
others are Ethel
Ahlquist, Gerald
Ahlquist, Marie
Dahlberg, Henrietta
De Camp, Dorothy
Drotz, Margery Eric-son,
Ruth Fredine,
William Hagstrom,
Truman Halvorsen,
Hilton Hanson, Ned
Holmgren, Rawlin
Joihnson, Delber t
Kuehl, Mildred Lovegren, Paul Lund-gren,
Doris Moberg, Ruth Olson, Stanley
Paulson, Vernon Pearson, Olga Shenning,
Earl Sherman, Arthur Slaikeu, and G.
Archer Weniger. Special mention is made
or Olga Shenning, who is the first in the
history of the school to receive diplomas
for the two-year courses of both the col-lege
and the Christian Workers' depart-ment.
Seminary Grads
Of the Seminary graduates, Wilbur
Sorley has been de-clared
the honor
student. Others re-ceiving
their bache-lor
of theology de-grees
are Gordon
Anderson, Clifford
Dicknu, J. Egon
Hadley, Edward Nel-son,
Henry Rahn,
Frank B. Rehnstrom
(in absentia), and
Maurice Wessman.
A bachelor of divini-ty
degree will go to Ralph Johnson.
GRADUATION CLIMAXES
ACTIVE SCHOOL YEAR
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
The Bethel Clarion
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Official School Paper of Bethel Institute Published twice
monthly during school year
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gordon Peterson
Virgil Olson
Carl Young
John Valine
Viola Waihela
Vernon Pearson
BUSINESS STAFF
Alrik Blomquist Business Manager
Dorothy Drotz Asst. Business Manager
Stanley Rendahl Circulation Manager
Doris Eggleston Asst. Circulation Manager
Grace Widen—Elaine Youngquist Typists
ADVISERS
Miss Enid Platts Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
STUDENT OPINION
Your most humble roving reporter set
out to obtain some worthwhile opinions
from these specimens of humanity called
seniors. One of the first ones to be in-terviewed
was none other then that pro-digious
man of business and finance, our
Student council prexy, Archer Weniger.
Archie looked up from his English book
and said, "First of all, (pointing to his
. book) craming is still the successful pol-icy.
Secondly, start the 'Spire' early in
the year. Lastly, insist on a more defi-nite
chapel program for the year."
Having received three points of inter-est
I turned the General Sherman and
asked for a word of advice. And so with
a senioric look on his face and with chest
expanded he said, "Well, I'd say, don't
read too widely, specialize more, read
what you are supposed to read."
Seminary students take notice! Pastor
Dickau hoists up this warning, "Get
started with your thesis in September! !"
On the other hand, a sociable senior,
namely D. Drotz, proclaims this word of
advice with a "Gussie" of feeling, "Never
let studies interfere with the greater is-sues
of life."
"Ride a bicycle, it is hard on the pride
but it is easy on the pocketbook." "Tail"
Sorley, the economist.
Prof. C. E. take notice! Bill Hagstrom
dug deep and tells us that he pulled this
out of American History. "Avoid all en-tangling
alliances."
Duff Wessman tells the readers after
years of observation, "Don't spend too
much time walking around the campus
with the girl-friend."
Oh yes, I cannot omit the famous last
words of the fellow who grew up in Mill-town,
Art Slaikeu. "Experience is edu-cation."
High Towers
"Bethel isn't real!" was the answer given by a graduate, on being asked her
opinion of Bethel at a distance. Her reply was a candid and profoundly descrip-tive
one. Bethel isn't real, and by that we mean that it does not identify itself
with life as it is commonly known, nor does it wrestle with the dark angels that
Challenge our present age. Anyone who protests that it does has neither entered
nor sensed the true spirit of our school.
Bethel is a high tower. For the ancient, a tower was a place of refuge whose
stone bulwarks and moats kept out invaders. Behind the bulwarks of Bethel, stu-dents
have found in a certain sense—protection. But that protection was but tem-porary
and purposeful beyond the salvation of the skin, for within Bethel's tower
they have been given the opportunity of discovering, establishing, and strengthen-ing
their own high towers.
Many sumptuous banquets of blarney are being prepared and served by com-mencement
speakers at this particular bend in the road, but the wise graduate who
has found his tower and feels confident of its strength may smile in the knowledge
of his priceless resort and murmur a paeon of praise to Bethel.
cAn .Advertising .Adage
"By your 'students' ye shall know 'the school'." A liberty is taken to apply an
old adage to a present situation, for it is pertinent for each Bethel student to re-member
this fact. In the next few days the Bethel family will be spread through-out
the land and will be meeting many people from all walks of life. Their im-pression
of Bethel will be largely formulated through the opinions given to them by
each student. If then the school is to grow in number, equipment and support, it
behooves each student to represent our school in a worth while manner through the
words that you say and the deeds that you do. Advertise the school as a loyal
Bethelite, so that it may continue to be a growing school worthy of everyone's sup-port.
I PRESS ON
"Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press
on, Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold;• but one thing I
do, I press on . . ." Phil. 3:12-14.
In an alert and active Christian life, such as Paul's, achievement is always
outdistanced by vision. No matter to what distance achievement may go, the
vision of weaknesses, needs and opportunities is far ahead. This relationship
tends toward greater humility, greater effort, and as a result, yet greater
achievement.
In the small-scale Christian life, on the contrary, the individual's achieve-ments
loom large and significant, while the vision remains short and narrow.
It is here that ignorance of weaknesses, needs and opportunities leads to the
illusion that ignorance is not only bliss but also Godliness. The result is an
incr'basing emphasis on the first-person pronouns, increasing self-satisfaction,
and a harvest Which is "nothing but' leaves."
It is the privilege of every Christian to live his life on a large and increas-ing
scale of the Pauline type. And vast areas, not only in terms of geography
but also in terms of human experience and thought, remain to be Christian-ized
by energetic Christians who are willing to admit that they have not "al-ready
obtained" and who arc willing to "press on."
—C. Emmanuel Carlson.
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THE BETHEL CLARION
Page 3
Reggy Sez . . .
deer susie howbeya huh quesohun mark
i are all washed out frum studiin on ac-count
uv becuz ixams is cum ,und gone
period lots uv the chilluns herabouts got
canoo struck memorial -dad nite und
seemed ta injoy ut umensily didencha
carol und everett fer exumple period und
wat cuple were almost got left behind
cuz they went a-strollin wen everibodi
else was ulmost went home period won
uv our johnson gulls sed ta prof carlson
she sed comma c E yew iz cruel comma
'n mi o mi her face wasnt onli pink
period dean Johnson gave tha gradu-achun
class a rite fine time ut turtle
lake not so long igo und ethel allquist
added ta tha fun uv ut all wen she upped
and failed inta the water und got all
wet period sofistukated sofs comma i
wunder period grant sammy haz learned
frum a sad experiunce thut ta bee a
ladi's hair fixer requires sum diplomacee
comma does tha sock she gave ya still
hurt grant quesohun mark g'bi reggy.
(Ye ed's note: We've had just as
tough a time making all this out during
the year as you have had, so plez don
blaim us fur all tha stuf whats bin hear!
We now would like to expose this wicked
weaver of whittled words, this witty
whimsical woman of wandering wares,
Miss Viola Waihela. Our thanks to you,
Walla-Walla.)
Darry Produce
In a recent discussion about whiskers
someone remarked, (in Snuffy's pres-ence),
that Warren had no beard. Snur-fy
came to the aid of the gentleman in
question with an indignant, "He has
too!"
* * * *
After hearing so much about the "$30
every Thursday" plan, a brilliant college
student proposed the plan of "$50 every
Tuesday," on the basis that it was two
days earlier, and $20 more.
* * * *
Miss Nelson says that Delbert Kuehl
would be a very nice boy, if he didn't
talk.
* * * *
Don't be like the lightening bug which
the chapel speaker mentioned last
Wednesday.
The lightening bug is brilliant,
But he hasn't any mind.
He struggles through existance,
With his headlight on behind.
(Continued on page 4)
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COMING EVENTS
June 7. All-school picnic.
June 8. Spire makes appearance.
June 9. Commencement.
June 10. Suitcase packing.
Who's Who?
Plans have been made for next year in
regard to the extra curricular activities
and officers have been elected to serve
in their respective capacities. The lead-ers
for the groups on the campus are as
follows:
Student Council
Roger Goodman, president; Maurice
Lawson, vice president; Gladys Peterson,
secretary and treasurer. The represent-atives
from the various groups are Alex-is,
Carl Lindman; Athletics, Gordon Pe-terson;
Clarion, Alrik Blomquist; College
Club, Ethel Tederman; Forensics, Joyce
Johnson; Music, Ruth Olson; Religious
Council, Herschel Rogers; Seminary,
Bruce Fleming, and Spire, Karl Karlson.
Seminary Seniors
Carl Lindman, president; Herman.
Tegenfeldt, vice president and Henrietta
Carlson, secretary-treasurer.
Seminary Middlemen
Carl Holmberg, president; Jack Berge-son,
vice-president; Gladys Peterson, sec-retary
and Alrik Blomquist, treasurer.
Religious Council
Herschel Rogers, president; William
Hagstrom, vice president; Pearl Peter-son,
secretary; Paul Lundgren, treasurer.
College Club
Donald Ganstrom, president; Milton
Holmberg, vice-:president; Olga Ander-son,
secretary; Eunice Elmgren, treas-urer.
Male Chorus
Virgil Olson, president; Maurice Law-son,
vice-president;, Wyman Hanson, sec-retary;
Carl Young, treasurer; Earl
Sherman, financial secretary; Sidney
Carlson, librarian.
A Cappella Choir
Folke Ferre, president; Roger Good-man,
vice-president; Ethel Tederman,
secretary; Alrik Blomquist, treasurer.
"B" Club
Virgil Olson, president; Jack Borgeson,
vice-president; Francis McOlash, secre-tary-
treasurer.
Boarding Club
Bruce Fleming, Maurice Lawson, Ethel
Tederman, Verna Norquist and Warren
Johnson are on the board but the officers
have not been elected.
Who's Where?
Gerald Ahlquist: Bible school in First
St. Paul; Bernice Anderson: teach Bible
school; Ellen Antonson: indefinite;
Dorothy Asplund: nursing in Belling-ham;
Jack Bergeson: pastor at Jesse
Lake, Minn.; Alrick Blomquist: mission-ary
work in Northern Minnesota in house
trailer; Ambrose Collins: ministry and
carpenter work; Henrietta De Camp:
teach Bible schools in Wisconsin; Doris
Eggleston: teach Bible school and stay
home; Ruth Erickson: Bible school at
Sunrise, Queen, and Lengby; Evangeline
Flaming: home; Vivan Fons: indefi-nite;
Bert Friberg: pastor at Mapleton,
Minn.
J. Egon Hadley: pastor at Hayden
Heights Baptist Church; William Hag-strom:
with house trailer and Alrik
Blomquist; Truman Halvorsen: trip out
west, church at Hillman; Milton Holm-berg:
home on father's farm; Alvera
Johnson: indefinite; Carol Jdhnson: in-definite;
Orville Johnson: assistant pas-tor
at Temple Baptist church, Duluth;
Warren Johnson: indefinite; Thor Koni-medahl:
indefinite; Delbert Kuehl: in-definite;
Marjorie Lager: indefinite;
Sydney Larson: pastor of Lakeside Bap-tist
church, Wentworth, Wis.
Francis McOlash: running an excur-sion
boat, taking charge of retail fish
market; Dury Miller: pastor at Wood
River and Falum churches in Wisconsin;
Ruth Nelson: office work at Balsam
Lake, Wis.; Verna, Nordquist: office or
clerking at LaGrande, Oregon; Ruth K.
Olson: teaching Bible school; Vernon
Pearson: church, Hillsdale, Wis; J. Gor-don
Peterson: D. V. B. S., and Boys'
camp work; J. Stanley Rendahl: pastor
at Prentice, Wis.
Herschel Rogers: "I plan to work in
the cherries at Lewiston, Idaho, and in
the apricots and peaches near San Fran-cisco,
Calif"; Ethel Ruff: to Stockholm,
Sask., to organize and care for church;
Grant ISamuelson: work in Warren Na-tional
Bank, Warren, Pa.; Annabelle
Sherman: teach Bible school; Earl Sher-man:
work in Rousseau-Sprague field;
Arthur Slaikeu: D. V. B. S.; Herman
Tegenfeldt: pastor at Spring Vale,
Minn.; John A. Valine: travel for school;
Robert Peterson: work in Midtown Cof-fee
Shop; Elaine Youngquist: work in
office at Ludington, Mich.
DUPONT
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Last Two Games
Bring Defeat
Waldorf Wins
Climaxing the day's activities with 10
runs in the ninth inning, Waldorf, con-ference
champions, handed Bethel their
fourth conference defeat in a row on Fri-day,
May 26. Starting with two runs in
the first inning, the Forest City team hit
and scored in every inning except the
fourth and sixth. All but two Waldorf
men hit safely and every man scored at
least one run. Carl Holmberg, Bethel
first sacker, led in hitting with three
hits in as many trips to the plate.
Bethany Beats
Playing on a muddy, rain-soaked field,
Bethany defeated Bethel in the season's
final home game on Saturday, May 27.
One big inning for the Bethany nine
blasted Bethel's hope of victory. On the
fifth inning, eight hits, four walks, and
one hit batsman combined to score 12
runs for the victors. Mauseth pitched a
nice game for Bethany only allowing five
hits, striking out six, and only allowing
two walks.
Cancelation
Due to a sudden downpour, the sea-son's
final baseball game with Concordia
College had to be canceled. Being so
near to the end of the school year the
game will not be played at a later date.
From the Coach
This year in athletics has been an en-joyable
one, the spirit and cooperation
amongst the boys and the girls has been
wonderful. In basket ball we had a very
successful season, the best in the history
of the college, finishing second in the
conference standing. The loss of Cap-tain
Carl Young and Wilber Sorley will
be keenly felt, but with the return of
Captain-elect Applequist, Peterson, John-son,
Hovinen, Paulson, we see nothing
but the championship in store for us next
year.
In baseball things did not go so well.
Lack of interest on the part of some on
the team and the caliber of the other
teams in the league being much improved
played a major role in the poor showing
of our team.
Being that tennis displayed such inter-est
and ability this year, we will try and
arrange a practice schedule of games for
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Come Again Some Other Day
Even a rain storm was not enough to
interfere with the fun which members of
the Christian Workers Course had at
their picnic on May 25. Because of the
rain, they met in the coffee shop at about
5 p. m. They played several indoor
games.
About 7 p. m.' some of the students
went to the fireplace in Como Park and
roasted marshmallows and sang songs.
Professor and Mrs. Wingblade attended
the picnic in the coffee shop and Profes-sor
and Mrs. Norstrom accompanied the
students who went to Como Park.
Darry Produce
(Continued from page 2)
We must be affected by the spring
weather because poetry seems to be our
specialty for today, or maybe its because
of our literature course.
When we come to the end of our Senior
year
And gaze enrapt at our marks,
Then we dream of the school days now
gone by
Of lessons, and happy larks.
But oh, when our eyes grow dim with
tears,
And nothing appears of use,
We'll turn to our yellowed Clarions
And read old "Darry Produce."
Auf Wiedersehen.
the next year. Next year the girls' bas-ketball
team will enter a regular league
with the hopes of once again entertain-ing
a championship team.
This year at Bethel has been an enjoy-able
one and we thus wish to thank each
one for the cooperation in the athletic
program. This summer eve hope to rep-resent
the school throughout the Mid-west
states, looking forward to a bigger
and better school next year.
—Coach William Adam.
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24th St. and 28th Ave. S.
Rev. W.AILFRED HOLMBERG
Minneapolis, Minn.
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